The payment of the food voucher of 270 soles has already begun and the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis) reported that Lima, Piura and Cajamarca are the regions with the greatest progress (270,221 people) in the delivery of the subsidy that started on November 2. So far, more than 700,000 people have received the voucher, given to those who live in poverty and extreme poverty, in order to alleviate the increase in food prices.
Link to know if you are a beneficiary
Hernán Pena, Executive Director of Pensión 65, reported that the only consultation channels to receive the bonus are the portal www.bonoalimentario.gob.pewhich will be available The 24 hours of the dayand if the person does not have Internet access, they can call the toll-free line 101, and which will be available from Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Through these ways people can check with their ID number: what is the means of payment that has been arranged to access the bonus, what day and in which place you can collect the bonus.
Modalities and dates of collection
Next, the modalities and date of collectionaccording to the group in which the beneficiary has been considered:
| Groups and modalities | payment dates |
|---|---|
| Group 1: includes beneficiaries who already have a bank account and digital wallets active such as Yape, Tunki and Agora. | Payment for these people began on November 2. |
| Group 2: beneficiaries who live in remote and hard-to-reach communities, where there is no financial system infrastructure. The payment method is through pay carts of value transport companies in focal points of communities (mountain and jungle areas). | Payment began on November 9. |
| Group 3: stands for citizens without bank accounts and who do not have a cell phone in their name, who will receive the subsidy through the windows of the Banco de la Nación. | From November 2. |
| Group 4: made up of beneficiaries They don’t have a bank account. These people digital wallets will be opened to receive the bonus. | From November 24. |
Three regions lead payment advance
The Midis reported that Lima has the largest number of beneficiaries who have already received the S/270 provided by the Government (165,598 people), followed by Piura (56,435) and Cajamarca (48,188).
These people, who already received the monetary subsidy, they belong to the modalities of deposit in bank account, digital wallets (Yape, Tunki and Agora) and payment at the windows of the Banco de la Nación.
It is followed by the regions of La Libertad (42,733), Cusco (37,321), Junín (37,185), San Martín (36,847), Lambayeque (33,144), Puno (30,939) and Loreto (28,263).
At the national level, a total of 733,826 people (17.3%) have already received the food voucher, of which 475,671 people received it by deposit into an account. Meanwhile, 131,160 people did so via digital wallets.
Likewise, the beneficiaries who do not have bank accounts and have received their payment at the windows of the Banco de la Nación add up to 126,995 people.
